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 pa·ter·ni·ty /pəˈtɝnəti/
 父道,父權,父子關係

 Pa·ter·ni·ty n.
 1. The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.
    The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership.   --Sir W. Raleigh.
 2. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.
 3. Origin; authorship.
    The paternity of these novels was . . . disputed.   --Sir W. Scott.
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 paternity
      n 1: the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to
           determine paternity"
      2: the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
         [syn: fatherhood]
      3: the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the
         authorship of the theory is disputed" [syn: authorship]